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>> and wolf blitzer reacting to the performance and wolf's performance on tuesday night. and santorum's win not anticipated by most in the media giving you shape to the g.o.p. race and the coverage as well. on the heels of santorum's success, a fox news poll asked voters what best describes the race for the g.o.p. nomination. 17% say it's over and that romney will win. and so, jim, were the media blind sided by rick santorum's performance? >> i think not only the media, but everybody else, including all the highly paid consultants around romney, this is one of the times where reality just kind of bumps the scenario here pretty hard and now, a few people think so, including, obviously, the vast majority of the voters. what does it win. how does it change the coverage here on out? >> i would think that some would hope the analyst would be more humble. that's not going to happen and they're already drawing lessons as your client the at "the washington post" said the clear lesson, money isn't everything, duh. the new york times said, well, it looks like we're in for a long, d
>> and wolf blitzer reacting to the performance and wolf's performance on tuesday night. and santorum's win not anticipated by most in the media giving you shape to the g.o.p. race and the coverage as well. on the heels of santorum's success, a fox news poll asked voters what best describes the race for the g.o.p. nomination. 17% say it's over and that romney will win. and so, jim, were the media blind sided by rick santorum's performance? >> i think not only the media, but...
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essentially sided with wolf blitzer. at the same time called newt gingrich out as a bully saying if you're going to say that off the stage, i want you to say it to my face. that exchange showed me just how well prepared and determined mitt romney was in this debate. >> chilling stuff. great battle motion there and battle action. by the way, susan, you are a real pro. george will once told me years ago, the great columnist, that as an opinion writer, you have to be willing to walk through the locker room if you're writing a tough column on the team. that's part of the job. wolf walked through the lion's den last night. >> he did. one of the things that was working in mitt romney's favor is the audience was with him. one of the things that's given newt gingrich a lot of energy, especially in the big south carolina debate a week ago monday, was that the crowd was with him. that boosted newt gingrich and changed the dynamic of that debate. in the debate last night, the crowd wasn't entirely with mitt romney, but some of it w
essentially sided with wolf blitzer. at the same time called newt gingrich out as a bully saying if you're going to say that off the stage, i want you to say it to my face. that exchange showed me just how well prepared and determined mitt romney was in this debate. >> chilling stuff. great battle motion there and battle action. by the way, susan, you are a real pro. george will once told me years ago, the great columnist, that as an opinion writer, you have to be willing to walk through...
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i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> monday's third and final presidential debate will be a serious challenge for both candidates. it's focused on international policy and arena where both mitt romney lacks experience and the obama administration is under growing criticism, especially when it comes to the situation in the middle east. let's start with cnn's white house correspondent dan loathian. i assume officials in the white house campaign they know the president has questions he's going to answer. >> reporter: that's correct, wolf. and there doesn't appear to be much of a difference between the two candidates when it comes to foreign policy. but the president is getting prepared in study hall this weekend out at camp david. i think when you talk to folks out there, most people believe the president does have an advantage going into this debate. we expect he'll talk about getting osama bin laden but no one here at the white house, no one with the campaign is under estimating gov
i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> monday's third and final presidential debate will be a serious challenge for both candidates. it's focused on international policy and arena where both mitt romney lacks experience and the obama administration is under growing criticism, especially when it comes to the situation in the middle east. let's start with cnn's white house correspondent dan loathian. i assume officials in the white house campaign they know the...
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. -- wolf blitzer is in israel. >> israel has said that the israeli air force struck more than 120 targets on sunday in gaza. most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket unit. initially say had said they killed that man. they can't verify whether or not they did -- the local ambulance crews said that as many as ten civilians, women and children were inside the house at the time. the israelis do acknowledge that this man's family was in the house at the time. but they cannot confirm if he was there. israeli -- hitting some local journalists, they had called up some french journalists in advance of the strike, and told them to get out of the building, and they did evacuate, but some journalists did go back inside. there was a response to that, there's been a number of large explosions already this evening and we an fticipate in the hour ahead. >> what's the feeling you get of the atmosphere right now when you see people in gaza and you know it's going to be another long night there? >> it's obviously a very tense atmosphere, the streets are deserted not only at this
. -- wolf blitzer is in israel. >> israel has said that the israeli air force struck more than 120 targets on sunday in gaza. most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket unit. initially say had said they killed that man. they can't verify whether or not they did -- the local ambulance crews said that as many as ten civilians, women and children were inside the house at the time. the israelis do acknowledge that this man's family was in the house at the time. but...
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wolf blitzer is off. i'm candy crowley and you're in "the situation room". >>> we begin with the state of unemployment in america, just three months before election day. both democrats and republicans have something to seize on in the newest jobs report. employers say they added 163,000 jobs to the u.s. economy in july. that's better than economists expected, and something for the obama camp to hang its hat on. but the romney camp is pointing to this figure, the overall unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 8.3%, because american households report losing 195,000 jobs. we want to bring in our white house correspondent, dan lothian. so sounds like kind of a wash, politically, dan. >> it does. and what the president is trying to do is highlight the positive, as you pointed out. yes, the unemployment rate did tick up to 8.3%, but what they're focused on is the fact that jobs were created, more jobs than expected. the experts out there, economists had expected that some 95,000 jobs would have been created las
wolf blitzer is off. i'm candy crowley and you're in "the situation room". >>> we begin with the state of unemployment in america, just three months before election day. both democrats and republicans have something to seize on in the newest jobs report. employers say they added 163,000 jobs to the u.s. economy in july. that's better than economists expected, and something for the obama camp to hang its hat on. but the romney camp is pointing to this figure, the overall...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin this hour with tensions ratcheting up between israel and iran. a bomb went off just as israeli tourists boarded a bus in the bulgarian resort city. six people are confirmed dead. some 30 others are wounded. president obama's strongly condemning the attack calling it in his word barbaric. cnn's elise labott is joining us live with the very latest. bulgarians are of course investigating. i'm sure the israelis are as well. first of all, what are the bulgarians saying? >> reporter: well, wolf, forensic investigators on the scene. it's all very preliminary at this point, but they're saying that this was caused by a bus bomb already placed inside the bus. that's really all they know, but they're not rulg
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin this hour with tensions ratcheting up between israel and iran. a bomb went off just as israeli tourists boarded a bus in the bulgarian resort city. six people are confirmed dead. some 30 others are wounded. president obama's strongly condemning the attack calling it in his word barbaric. cnn's elise labott is joining us live with the very latest. bulgarians are of course investigating. i'm sure the israelis are as...
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watch this exchange between wolf blitzer and mitt romney. >> my dad getting r and r this weekend at the movies today with me and my kids. you went to see the hunger games. how did you like that? >> jon: wow, that's the kind of question you ask a chair. seriously easy question though, right. it's romney. you never know if he's go to go i loved it, hated. go thumbs up and down. >> it was nice to see a flick first time in a long time. >> pg-13, is it a little too violent for young kids? >> this whole thing was a setup to nail romney on the hot button issue of whether or not he is a responsible grandpa. mr. romney your mug says world's greatest grandpa the but the facts say otherwise. dude, it was a pg-13 movie not a rave. >> i think it's disturbing for young kids. the pg-13 is an indication of the seriousness of the film but i'm over 13 now. >> jon: boom. it was funny. nicely done. you made a joke and prevented wolf blitzer from proving you are under 13 and ineligible for the president six hopefully that settles grandpa gate. >> i'm over 13 now. but you went with young kids, right? >> you
watch this exchange between wolf blitzer and mitt romney. >> my dad getting r and r this weekend at the movies today with me and my kids. you went to see the hunger games. how did you like that? >> jon: wow, that's the kind of question you ask a chair. seriously easy question though, right. it's romney. you never know if he's go to go i loved it, hated. go thumbs up and down. >> it was nice to see a flick first time in a long time. >> pg-13, is it a little too violent...
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wolf blitzer is in "the situation room" next. >> martin, thanks very much. happening now, bruising back and forth between the obama and romney campaign. we're checking the cronyism accusatio accusations. >>> and we'll talk to someone who suggested that mitt romney may have committed a felon. >>> also crime fighting robots. this amazing technology turnss science fiction into amazing life saving facts. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> first it's today's new round of attack in the presidential race campaign and the much winning battleground state of ohio this afternoon. president obama slammed the tax proposals, warninging they'll send thousands of u.s. jobs overs overs overseas. > the romney campaign is accusing them of another dishonest attack. why did the president level this new corporate tax attack on romney in ohio? >> reporter: well, wolf, the president is trying to draw sharp contrast between his campaign and romney's campaign, trying to suggest romney is looking out for the people at the the very top. specifically in ohio the p
wolf blitzer is in "the situation room" next. >> martin, thanks very much. happening now, bruising back and forth between the obama and romney campaign. we're checking the cronyism accusatio accusations. >>> and we'll talk to someone who suggested that mitt romney may have committed a felon. >>> also crime fighting robots. this amazing technology turnss science fiction into amazing life saving facts. >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation...
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>> l-i-l. >> wolf blitzer, rap expert. this is actually the latest in a long type of hipster moves by sir blitz-a-lot. need i remind you he danced on stage at the "soul train" awards. lest you think that was an anomaly, check out b. diddy keeping it real on "ellen." ♪ >> shorty got low indeed. you see, he had a long history of being hip. he does. i think he bumped it up a notch recently with the new glasses although as i said on the "ridiculist" a couple weeks ago when he debuted the new look, i think maybe gray-z was taking a page from the nothing's cooler than ac playbook. there's just, i don't know, let me put my glasses on. there's just something -- oh, you know what? i think i know what it is. it would seem that mr. wolf blitzer got himself some new glasses. i wonder where he could have possibly gotten that idea. now, i don't want to accuse wolf blitzer of going all single white female on me but these glasses, they're kind of my thing. so last week, snoop wolf filled in for me here on "360" and guest hosted the "rid
>> l-i-l. >> wolf blitzer, rap expert. this is actually the latest in a long type of hipster moves by sir blitz-a-lot. need i remind you he danced on stage at the "soul train" awards. lest you think that was an anomaly, check out b. diddy keeping it real on "ellen." ♪ >> shorty got low indeed. you see, he had a long history of being hip. he does. i think he bumped it up a notch recently with the new glasses although as i said on the "ridiculist"...
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. >>> also ahead, a cnn exclusive, israeli president shimon peres tells wolf blitzer what he thinks of meeting mitt romney and much more. >>> and officials scram to believe explain why three airliners came way too close for comfort. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink customers. learn more at chase.com/ink in here, every powerful collaboration is backed by an equally powerful and secure cloud. that cloud is in the network, so it can deliver all the power of the network itself. bringing people together to develop the best ideas -- and providing the apps and computing power to make new ideas real. it's the cloud from at&t. with new ways to work together, business works better. ♪ i think we should see other people. in fact, i'm already seeing your best friend, justin. ♪ i would've appreciated a proactive update on the status of our relationship. who do you think i am, tim? qui
. >>> also ahead, a cnn exclusive, israeli president shimon peres tells wolf blitzer what he thinks of meeting mitt romney and much more. >>> and officials scram to believe explain why three airliners came way too close for comfort. not anymore. ink, the small business card from chase introduces jot an on-the-go expense app made exclusively for ink customers. custom categorize your expenses anywhere. save time and get back to what you love. the latest innovation. only for ink...
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wolf blitzer got himself some new glasses. i don't know perhaps he saw someone wearing them, liked them and decided to pick up a pair for himself. i wonder where he could have possibly gotten that idea. i don't want to accuse wolf blitzer going all single white female on me. but these glasses kind of my thing. no one, i mean no one else has them, except, of course, for elvis costello, johnny depp, robert downey jr., of course even snooki. come on, i'm the only one on cnn who rocks these glasses. okay, maybe tom foreman has them too. he may have had them before either of us. he's the trend setter. tom foreman is the johnny depp of cnn. we're not the only one who noticed wolf's new look. if you googled wolf's glasses before today. this is about all you would come up with. wine glasses with wolves on them. if you google wolf glasses now. it's blitzer's new look all over the place. on the blogs, the news sites, twitter, facebook. it's everywhere. there's probably a tumblr thing about it. i'm not sure what tumblr is, but i'm sure t
wolf blitzer got himself some new glasses. i don't know perhaps he saw someone wearing them, liked them and decided to pick up a pair for himself. i wonder where he could have possibly gotten that idea. i don't want to accuse wolf blitzer going all single white female on me. but these glasses kind of my thing. no one, i mean no one else has them, except, of course, for elvis costello, johnny depp, robert downey jr., of course even snooki. come on, i'm the only one on cnn who rocks these...
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be sure to join wolf blitzer monday 4:00 p.m. eastern for "the situation room" live from jerusalem. >>> peace efforts under way to stop the violence. egypt has been working to reinstate a cease-fire. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon will arrive in cairo for talks tomorrow and arab league foreign ministers are set to visit gaza on tuesday. but both israelis and palestinians say the solution must come from the other side. >> we are trying to drive home the message to hamas that they cannot shoot at israeli civilians, try to kill israeli civilians with impunity and we've been able to reduce to a remarkable extent the amount of civilian casualties on their side. compare that to what hamas is doing to us. they're trying to maximize the number of israeli civilians they kill. that's the difference between a terrorist organization and a democratic country. >> i think, the ambassador knows that it was israel who provoked hamas by taking arms with one of the commanders on wednesday. they knew that hamas and other actions in the gaza stri
be sure to join wolf blitzer monday 4:00 p.m. eastern for "the situation room" live from jerusalem. >>> peace efforts under way to stop the violence. egypt has been working to reinstate a cease-fire. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon will arrive in cairo for talks tomorrow and arab league foreign ministers are set to visit gaza on tuesday. but both israelis and palestinians say the solution must come from the other side. >> we are trying to drive home the message to...
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let's bring wolf blitzer right now in that town we're talking about. wolf, give us some analysis on -- from the obama camp's perspective. how will the obama camp attack this? >> i think they'll immediately start talking about what paul ryan's budget as the chairman of the house budget committee would have called for if it was obviously approved by the house of representatives whether republicans have a decisive majority. it didn't get approved by the u.s. senate. the democrats don't have a majority. but what i'll say is that paul ryan wants to end medicare as we know it. they'll say he wants to really effectively end social security too. very popular entitlement programs for seniors in the united states. medicare the health plan for seniors in the united states. social security the real relief if you will for so many millions, tens of millions of elderly americans that are retired and elsewhere. they're going to go after paul ryan and mitt romney on this issue, and they're going to try to score some points. i've just been going through some of the reac
let's bring wolf blitzer right now in that town we're talking about. wolf, give us some analysis on -- from the obama camp's perspective. how will the obama camp attack this? >> i think they'll immediately start talking about what paul ryan's budget as the chairman of the house budget committee would have called for if it was obviously approved by the house of representatives whether republicans have a decisive majority. it didn't get approved by the u.s. senate. the democrats don't have...
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here's what santorum told wolf blitzer just a bit ago. >> i used the term "snob." you know, it was a strong term. probably not the smartest thing. but i don't give prepared talking point speeches written by other people. i got a little passionate there and i used a harsher word than i normally would. >> newt gingrich today concentrating on his home state of georgia which he calls, rightly so, a must win on tuesday. at one point the former speaker labelled himself a change agent, not, he said, a team player. >> unlike governor romney i'm not going to washington to manage the decay. unlike senator santorum i'm not going to washington to join the team. i want to create a new team called the american people who force dramatic, bold change on washington. and i want to force washington to decide do you want to be on the american people's team or do you want to get fired and go home. >> governor romney will be in ohio tonight after an earlier stopped to out in washington state. republicans there caucus tomorrow. in seattle romney compared his approach to foreign policy wi
here's what santorum told wolf blitzer just a bit ago. >> i used the term "snob." you know, it was a strong term. probably not the smartest thing. but i don't give prepared talking point speeches written by other people. i got a little passionate there and i used a harsher word than i normally would. >> newt gingrich today concentrating on his home state of georgia which he calls, rightly so, a must win on tuesday. at one point the former speaker labelled himself a change...
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it is the same thing this year and wolf blitzer looks at what those positions are. >> in addresses that largely focus on domestic concerns, one country in particular was singled out by both candidates in their convention speeches. >> president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus. >> our commitment to israel's security must not waiver. >> president obama came to the office determined to make israel part of his foreign policy. he took a harder line on palestinian settlements in israeli territories. >> i talked about the need to stop settlements, to make sure that we're stopping the building of outposts. >> that angered many israelis, especially benjamin netanyahu. and many addresses to turkey and egypt without a stop in israel further exacerbated that relationship. the push for middle east peace has been stuck ever since and that rocky personal relationship with net tatt tanya hoo. >> the president is prepared to make generous compromises for peach. it cannot go back to the 1967 lines because these lines are in defensible. >> still, at least in public, they seem to have move
it is the same thing this year and wolf blitzer looks at what those positions are. >> in addresses that largely focus on domestic concerns, one country in particular was singled out by both candidates in their convention speeches. >> president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus. >> our commitment to israel's security must not waiver. >> president obama came to the office determined to make israel part of his foreign policy. he took a harder line on...
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i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm john king. tonight deadly tornadoes pummel communities from alabama to indiana. we'll track the severe weather throughout this hour. >>> plus meet the law student rush limbaugh calls an slut and president obama labels a role model. >>> and with $4 gasoline on the horizon, the politicians have horizon, the politicians have the same old bandering promises. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> tonight we're tracking a danger ouz tornado outbreak. powerful twisters across ohio, tennessee, mississippi, alabama and indiana where four deaths have now been confirmed. in kentucky a yellow school bus slammed into a building. its front half obliterated. in tennessee, homes are ripped from their foundation, splintered by the winds. at least six people critically hurt in that state. in alabama a trailer home lifted up and crashed upside down near a tree. the naked lot and a few stairs all that's left. and here's a power line crumpled like a paper clip. millions are affected and this is fa
i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." the news continues next on cnn. >>> good evening. i'm john king. tonight deadly tornadoes pummel communities from alabama to indiana. we'll track the severe weather throughout this hour. >>> plus meet the law student rush limbaugh calls an slut and president obama labels a role model. >>> and with $4 gasoline on the horizon, the politicians have horizon, the politicians have the same old bandering promises. --...
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. >>> donald trump versus wolf blitzer. their war of words on live tv. >> donald, you're beginning to sound a the little ridiculous, i have to tell you. >> i think you are, wolf. let me tell you something, i think you sound ridiculous. >>> plus the white house apologizing after president obama accidentally insults the people of poland. >>> and a pilot pulls off a miracle after the plane's propellor ends up on the roof of a house. on that note, good morning to you. welcome to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolin. >> just hate when that happens. just ruins your morning, doesn't it? good morning, everybody. zoraida and i are here to bring you the news from "a" to "z." it's 5:00 in the a.m. let's get started. >>> first, donald trump sucking the air out of the whole evening, stealing mitt romney's thunder after last night's texas primary victory. romney now has more than enough delegates to clinch the republican nomination, but not everyone is talking about that this morning. instead, it seems to be all about the trump and barack
. >>> donald trump versus wolf blitzer. their war of words on live tv. >> donald, you're beginning to sound a the little ridiculous, i have to tell you. >> i think you are, wolf. let me tell you something, i think you sound ridiculous. >>> plus the white house apologizing after president obama accidentally insults the people of poland. >>> and a pilot pulls off a miracle after the plane's propellor ends up on the roof of a house. on that note, good morning...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administration's policies, but with support from an unlikely ally he's raising the stakes today. here's our national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for the poor to receive welfare checks and to help make his case he's getting some help from an old rival. >> they just send you your welfare check. >> reporter: even though his ad accusing the president of weakening work requirements for welfare recipients got a pants on fire from politifact and four pinocchios from "the washington post," mitt romney is doubling down on the claim. >> this is to help people go to work so they can stop drawing a welfare check and start drawing a paycheck. >> reporter: the new video not only tout
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administration's policies, but with support from an unlikely ally he's raising the stakes today. here's our national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> today we're coming to you live from cnn's jerusalem, israel. he left there live earlier today. he's now in poland with the president-elect. we're going to have a live report in the next hour from pole land. we begin this hour with my one-on-one interview with the republican presidential candidate. governor romney, thanks so much for joining us, in jerusalem. what a beautiful city. i'm sure you've been moved by what you've seen so far. >> it's a holy city, a city of a great and courageous people. my wife and i first came here in 1995 and have been here four times now. we're moved and inspired by what we see here. >> do you consider
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> today we're coming to you live from cnn's jerusalem, israel. he left there live earlier today. he's now in poland with the president-elect. we're going to have a live report in the next hour from pole land. we begin this hour with my one-on-one interview with the republican presidential candidate. governor romney, thanks so much for joining us, in jerusalem. what a beautiful city. i'm sure you've been moved by what you've...
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blitzer, thank you. >>> be sure to join wolf blitzer monday, 4:00 p.m. eastern, for "the situation room," a special edition live from jerusalem. >>> a peace effort under way it stop the violence. egypt working to reinstate a cease-fire. deputy general will arrive in cairo tomorrow. both israelis and palestinians say the solution must come from the other side. >> we are trying to drive home a message to hamas, that they cannot shoot at israeli civilians, try to kill israeli civilianes with impunity. we have been trying to keep down the amount of civilian deaths on their side. compare that to hamas on us. they are trying to maximize the amount of civilians that they kill. that's the different between a terrorist organization and democratic country. >> i think it takes two to tango here. the ambassador knows that israel invoked hamas by taking out one of their -- on wednesday. they knew that hamas and other fashions would retaliate. so they are also to be blamed for the violence between the gaza strip and israel. it's time for the united states, for interna
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wolf blitzer in d.c. for us. no matter who it is, once the announcement is made and out there and it's official, how does it change a campaign? >> one thing it does, once you have a vice presidential running mate, that person is important. as far as fund-raising is concerned, this is a reason why several of the romney folks really wanted someone to be announced as quickly as possible. once that person is the vice presidential running mate of mitt romney, that person can go out and raise money going to fund-raisers and if you are the running mate, you can do better raising money with potential big shots than if you are not. if you are a senator or a congressman or a governor or whatever. when you are the running mate, that helps from the fund-raising perspective and it presumably will generate buzz out there and i am surprised why the goff nof wants it do it on a saturday morning as the olympics are not completed. there will be an explanation for that. i assume they wanted to wait until the olympics were done and
wolf blitzer in d.c. for us. no matter who it is, once the announcement is made and out there and it's official, how does it change a campaign? >> one thing it does, once you have a vice presidential running mate, that person is important. as far as fund-raising is concerned, this is a reason why several of the romney folks really wanted someone to be announced as quickly as possible. once that person is the vice presidential running mate of mitt romney, that person can go out and raise...
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i'm wolf blitzer in charlotte. and you're in "the situation room." >>> their lives have been intertwined for years. not always necessarily on the friendliest terms, but when former president bill clinton takes the stage here tonight, he's certain to make a strong case for a second term for president obama. cnn's dana bash is learning details about what the former president has to say in his convention speech later tonight. dana, what are you picking up? >> well, i've talked to several officials who are familiar with what president clinton is going to talk about skematically. the whole idea, the whole reason why the obama campaign asked him to come here and to speak from that podium is because they want him to explain the economics behind his own administration and the parallels between that and what the obama administration is trying to do. now, of course, you remember, wolf, you were covering the clinton administration. and he did take -- this country into a time of surplus. so what he's going to do i'm told is ex
i'm wolf blitzer in charlotte. and you're in "the situation room." >>> their lives have been intertwined for years. not always necessarily on the friendliest terms, but when former president bill clinton takes the stage here tonight, he's certain to make a strong case for a second term for president obama. cnn's dana bash is learning details about what the former president has to say in his convention speech later tonight. dana, what are you picking up? >> well, i've...
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. >> jim acosta, i'm also joined by cnn's wolf blitzer in our jerusalem bureau. wolf just wrapped up a lengthy interview with governor romney. tell me, wolf, is there a headline that pertains to this visit you can share with us? >> reporter: he did say flatly that he regards jerusalem as israel's capital, candy, and he said that he would very much like to move the united states' embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. as you know, since the 1967 war when israel captured east jerusalem, which was then under jordanian control, no u.s. president has ever recognized east jerusalem, including the old city of jerusalem, as being part of israel under israeli sovereignty. and the u.s. has always kept its embassy in tel aviv as opposed to jerusalem. so i asked him how he felt about that. i asked him specifically, do you think that jerusalem is israel's capital? and he said absolutely he does. i said, do you think that the united states should move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem? he said that would be the goal, but he said if he were elected president, he would consult
. >> jim acosta, i'm also joined by cnn's wolf blitzer in our jerusalem bureau. wolf just wrapped up a lengthy interview with governor romney. tell me, wolf, is there a headline that pertains to this visit you can share with us? >> reporter: he did say flatly that he regards jerusalem as israel's capital, candy, and he said that he would very much like to move the united states' embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. as you know, since the 1967 war when israel captured east jerusalem,...
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. >>> good morning, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news this hour, mitt romney is about two hours away from revealing vice presidential choice, a move that could redefine the republican presidential campaign. three republican sources telling cnn, romney's choice as congressman paul ryan of wisconsin, the house budget committee chairman. in recent days there's been a good deal of pressure from the right to choose paul ryan. he's seen by many as a bold choice who helps bolster romney's conservative credentials and shows he's serious about economic change. romney will make his announcement in the battleground state of virginia. the military city of norfolk, aboard the uss wisconsin. event kickoff his campaign bus tour with his new running mate, a little more than three weeks before the republican national convention. we have complete coverage leading up to this dramatic announcement. candy crowley is here, gloria borger is here, john king is here, jim acos
. >>> good morning, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news this hour, mitt romney is about two hours away from revealing vice presidential choice, a move that could redefine the republican presidential campaign. three republican sources telling cnn, romney's choice as congressman paul ryan of wisconsin, the house budget committee chairman. in recent days there's been a good deal of pressure from the right...
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if you want to get up your numbers, have an audience. >> wolf blitzer was propelled. he came after newt gingerich. one was flummoxed by newt's adversarial position and wolf said i'm not saying anything you haven't said. >> are the questions designed to get answers to issues that people want to know about or are they designed to create fireworks and conflict? >> they're designed for fireworks and conflict but i can see how the media and democrats are delighted. but if your 19, you're getting bored by the answers. not to say i'm for these things but they're not breaking new ground, except for newt when he talks about space. >> the replay element you get on tv are all about the candidates attacking each other, not about their ideas. >> they're not about issues. >> or their ideas versus president obama. will that change once we get down to one nominee? >> when we get to one nominee, there will be comparisons. because the debates are focused a little more on comparisons of issues, the presidential debates, they're done by presidential commission and i think they're good. >
if you want to get up your numbers, have an audience. >> wolf blitzer was propelled. he came after newt gingerich. one was flummoxed by newt's adversarial position and wolf said i'm not saying anything you haven't said. >> are the questions designed to get answers to issues that people want to know about or are they designed to create fireworks and conflict? >> they're designed for fireworks and conflict but i can see how the media and democrats are delighted. but if your 19,...
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now to wolf blitzer in washington. "the situation room" begins right now. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happening now mitt romney gets booed for promising to repeal obama care. we'll have coverage this hour. also, airline passengers show off bandages and scrapes after getting tossed around in the sky. and they're the lucky ones. allegations a church-affiliated school forces children to beg for money at subway stations. we have it all on video. >>> i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the republican's furious assault on president obama's health care reform law and equally determined backlash. mitt romney faced it today going off script after some prolonged boog interrupted his speech before the naacp convention in houston. jim acosta is standing by in the hall right now. jim, show our viewers, tell our viewers, what happened in houston. >> reporter: wolf, naacp leaders told cnn they praised mitt romney for showing what they called courage in coming to this convention today. but safe to say
now to wolf blitzer in washington. "the situation room" begins right now. >>> brooke, thanks very much. happening now mitt romney gets booed for promising to repeal obama care. we'll have coverage this hour. also, airline passengers show off bandages and scrapes after getting tossed around in the sky. and they're the lucky ones. allegations a church-affiliated school forces children to beg for money at subway stations. we have it all on video. >>> i'm wolf blitzer,...